If there is no soul, then the emotional energy they generated in their lives, and recorded in their books and actions, died with them, returning to natural repose in nature.

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This may be an accurate description of what is going on with much of the Olympic site: turning an inner urban wasteland, much of which was returning to a state of nature, into a big park.

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An interesting note in the financial statements was the news that in September Suncor become the first oil sands company to complete surface reclamation of a tailings pond, a key step in returning the site back to nature.

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Sure every once in a while one of those companies will do a big acquisition, but by their nature they will generate a lot of cash and returning some of that to shareholders has to be part of the toolbox.

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